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Ben Frederickson / St. Louis Post-Dispatch:
After Mikolas exits, Nationals pounce on Cardinals relievers — WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. • What happened after Miles Mikolas left the mound might have made the starter's five scoreless innings against the Nationals look better, but it didn't look great for the Cardinals.
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Rick Hummel / St. Louis Post-Dispatch:
Molina has two homers, a single and a double — • Along about the fourth inning of Friday's exhibition game, acting Cardinals manager Mike Shildt asked catcher Yadier Molina if he wanted to come out of the game when starter Michael Wacha exited. Wacha whipped through six innings in 65 pitches …
Bill Plunkett / Daily News:
Cody Bellinger homers but Dodgers lose to Diamondbacks 4-1 — THE GAME: Cody Bellinger hit his second home run of the spring but the Dodgers lost 4-1 to the Arizona Diamondbacks on Friday afternoon at Salt River Fields. — PITCHING REPORT: RHP Walker Buehler retired six of the seven batters …
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Nick Piecoro / Arizona Republic:
Arizona Diamondbacks spring training - 2018 … Right-hander Zack Greinke's next step as he works his way back from a right groin strain remains unclear. What seems more evident, however, is that Greinke's injury does not appear to be particularly significant.
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Nick Piecoro / Arizona Republic:
Arizona Diamondbacks spring training - 2018
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Associated Press:
Baseball notebook: Altuve, Astros add $151 million to contract — A person familiar with the negotiations says American League MVP Jose Altuve and the World Series champion Houston Astros have agreed to a contract that guarantees him an additional $151 million over five seasons from 2020-24.
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Thomas Lott / Sporting News:
Jose Altuve reportedly to sign huge 5-year extension with Astros
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Jon Heyman / FanRag Sports:
Altuve agrees to extension with Astros
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Mark Gonzales / Chicago Tribune:
White Sox's Reynaldo Lopez learning to pitch through rough patches — Chicago Tribune — A White Sox-Cubs exhibition game might mean more only to the fanatics that have invested heavily in the fates of their prospects. — But for Reynaldo Lopez, the lessons that he learned Friday eventually …
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Mark Gonzales / Chicago Tribune:
Yu Darvish gets a taste of hitting and baserunning against White Sox — Chicago Tribune — With his first regular-season start for the Cubs two weeks away, Yu Darvish got the opportunity to bat Friday in an American League park. — Darvish struck out trying to bunt in his first at-bat …
Pete Caldera / Daily Record:
Jacoby Ellsbury isn't likely to be ready for Yankees opener, Clint Frazier progressing — TAMPA, Fla. - Less than two weeks before opening day, it's doubtful that Jacoby Ellsbury will be ready to break camp with the Yankees. — “That's possible,” manager Aaron Boone said Friday of the chance that Ellsbury …
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Stephen Gross / Baltimore Sun:
Next step for Phillies' Jake Arrieta slightly altered — Of The Morning Call — Jake Arrieta said after throwing his first bullpen with the Philadelphia Phillies on Wednesday that he expected to throw in a minor league game Saturday — the next step in ramping up for the regular season.
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Matt Breen / Philly.com:
Phillies pitcher Jerad Eickhoff out six to eight weeks
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Kristie Ackert / New York Daily News:
Mets say Jason Vargas day-to-day, X-rays negative after lefty hit in glove hand — PORT ST. LUCIE — Jason Vargas left a minor league game Friday after being hit on his glove hand by a comebacker and is now considered “day-to-day.” The team said the lefty's X-rays were negative.
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Dylan Hernandez / Sacramento Bee:
Extending Dodgers manager Dave Roberts should be a no-brainer — The Los Angeles Dodgers should have taken care of this over the winter, but didn't. They should resolve this before opening day, but haven't offered any indication they will. — So it's entirely possible Dave Roberts …
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Matthew Moreno / DodgerBlue.com:
Dodgers Spring Training: Josh Fields On Board With Light Workload To Help Keep Fresh
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Anthony Fenech / Detroit Free Press:
Detroit Tigers' Daniel Norris solid in latest pitch for rotation spot — LAKELAND, Fla. — Daniel Norris isn't thinking about how the Tigers' starting rotation is going to shake out because if he did, he would be up all night thinking about it. — Honestly, he said, he has no idea.
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Anthony Fenech / Detroit Free Press:
Daniel Norris just OK; Detroit Tigers tie Phillies in spring training
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Associated Press:
Angels' Shohei Ohtani gives up 7 runs against Rockies — TEMPE, Ariz. — Shohei Ohtani was rocked for seven runs over 1 1/3 innings in his second spring training start for the Los Angeles Angels, allowing long home runs to Colorado's Ian Desmond and Nolan Arenado on Friday.
John Fay / Cincinnati.com:
Cincinnati Reds manager Bryan Price lists who's in the starting rotation ... sort of — GOODYEAR, Ariz. - Reds manager Bryan Price started to go there. He seemed to be ready to say who was in the rotation. — Since the injuries to Anthony DeSclafani and Brandon Finnegan …
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Jon Meoli / Baltimore Sun:
Orioles' Machado calls Judge tampering saga ‘blown out of proportion’ as hot spring continues — Orioles shortstop Manny Machado had been quiet for two days on the hoopla surrounding New York Yankees star Aaron Judge admitting and then being reprimanded for telling the free-agent-to-be that he'd look good in pinstripes.
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Todd Rosiak / JSOnline:
Brewers prospect Trent Grisham changes name, seeks to write a new chapter in 2018 — PHOENIX — The 2018 season will serve as a fresh start for Milwaukee Brewers prospect Trent Grisham in a couple ways. — First and most obvious is the last name. He was known as Trent Clark when the Brewers …
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CTVNews:
Blue Jays pitching prospect Pannone suspended 80 games after positive test — NEW YORK — Toronto Blue Jays left-handed pitching prospect Thomas Pannone received an 80-game suspension without pay after testing positive for the performance-enhancing substance Dehydrochlormethyltestosterone (DHCMT).
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Tommy Stokke / Locked On MLB:
Sources - Reds agree to extension with Eugenio Suarez — Cincinnati Reds top prospect Nick Senzel is coming, but third baseman Eugenio Suarez isn't going anywhere. — Suarez, 26, has agreed to a 7-year deal guaranteeing him $66 million with an option that can bring the deal to $79 million …
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Kevin Sherrington / The Charlotte Observer:
Why Jeff Banister is turning Rangers pitching staff into a radical guinea pig — SURPRISE, ARIZ. — The first thing you should know about a six-man rotation is not to call it any such thing in a conversation with Jeff Banister or bring it up at all around Cole Hamels.
